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The Velveteen Ocelot

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43. Yes, in the form of cats.

Reply to mysteryowl (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:35 AM

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Is there intelligent life on other planets? [View all] mysteryowl Jan 2019 OP

Space is big qazplm135 Jan 2019 #1

Okay, yet wouldn't other life be looking too? mysteryowl Jan 2019 #2

What makes you think they are not looking? Ptah Jan 2019 #3

It's really big for them too NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #5

Ah yes, the Fermi Paradox Clash City Rocker Jan 2019 #4

That link has a lot of information. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #18

One might wonder if other life forms on other planets would really consider Earth to be hlthe2b Jan 2019 #6

Yep. We have some messed up things going on. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #16

I certainly hope. Snackshack Jan 2019 #7

I think it is all multi-dimensional mysteryowl Jan 2019 #15

Yes, in the form of cats. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #43

not 100% sure it is here ... dweller Jan 2019 #8

Yes, here and elsewhere mysteryowl Jan 2019 #20

I hope there is. Delmette2.0 Jan 2019 #9

i'm with you. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #14

Is there any intelligent life on THIS planet? nt Atticus Jan 2019 #10

I would say about 60% mysteryowl Jan 2019 #11

Space is big but the age of the universe also makes it hard. Eko Jan 2019 #12

Impressive calculations! mysteryowl Jan 2019 #13

I think they are wrong looking at it. Eko Jan 2019 #17

Well, who the hell would know the difference? mysteryowl Jan 2019 #19

Yeah its .002% of the time, not 2%. Eko Jan 2019 #21

Also, we have only recently been capable of searching..... irresistable Jan 2019 #31

I hope so, because there's very little of it on this one! nt akraven Jan 2019 #22

Of course. There are billions and billions of stars... brush Jan 2019 #23

I hope something turns up in my lifetime. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #24

They may have found us, and decided we are trash. not Hoyt Jan 2019 #25

What is intelligence? Generic Brad Jan 2019 #26

Exactly, we can't even see them. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #28

I knew my Philosophy minor would come into play one day Generic Brad Jan 2019 #35

At this Point in Time, it May be More Important to Ask is There Intelligent Life on This Planet? dlk Jan 2019 #27

Who the fuck knows...? First Speaker Jan 2019 #29

But ain't imagination fun? as long as no one takes it seriously. defacto7 Jan 2019 #34

Agreed. This is why I enjoy UFO literature so much... First Speaker Jan 2019 #36

Just detecting free oxygen would prove some form of life exists out there. rickford66 Jan 2019 #30

There are some cool probes way out there. mysteryowl Jan 2019 #32

My Son the Astronomer PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #39

Make it so! Anon-C Jan 2019 #33

I don't doubt it has been discovered. MLAA Jan 2019 #37

People have almost no concept of just how big our Milky Way galaxy is, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #38

Thoughts? Maybe dark matter is thoughts. hunter Jan 2019 #40

My question is whether there's intelligent life in the Rethuglicon Party. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2019 #41

I imagine so - Life always seems to take hold wherever it gets a chance. Talitha Jan 2019 #42